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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal) Libraries at University of Nebraska-Lincoln September 2010 The Role and Responsibility of the Library in Consolidating Research in Nigerian Private Universities: A Case Study of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State Dr. Anthonia Nwabueze Nnamdi Azikiwe University Isaac Echezonam Anyira Western Delta University, [email protected] Oghenetega Ivwighreghweta Western Delta University Oghenovo Kelvin Onoriode Western Delta University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Nwabueze, Dr. Anthonia; Anyira, Isaac Echezonam; Ivwighreghweta, Oghenetega; and Onoriode, Oghenovo Kelvin, "The Role and Responsibility of the Library in Consolidating Research in Nigerian Private Universities: A Case Study of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State" (2010). Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal). 415. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/415 Library Philosophy and Practice 2010 ISSN 1522-0222 The Role and Responsibility of the Library in Consolidating Research in Nigerian Private Universities: A Case Study of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State Dr Anthonia Nwabueze Department Of Library And Information Science Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria Isaac Echezonam Anyira Western Delta University Library Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria Oghenetega Ivwighreghweta Western Delta University Library Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria Oghenovo Kelvin Onoriode Western Delta University Library Oghara, Delta State, Nigeria Introduction Research is crucial to human knowledge and scientific advancement.Okonofua (2008) states that research is essential to a university's mission for three key reasons. First, without research, teaching will be old-fashioned, monotonous, and static. Second, research helps the university provide special services to its immediate community. Third, only through research can the university make a contribution to the growth and development of the nation. It is through the production of graduates with new ideas that the university helps create innovations for the growth and development of industries and government, thereby promoting wealth and development. Research and the library are interrelated and are not mutually exclusive. Sadiq (2005) notes that no good research is possible without a library. The library provides the needed required materials, data, information, and literature for research. Sadiq (2005) points out that the university library provides research facilities and resources to researchers, and in addition renders technical information services. Before embarking on any research work, the researcher should come to the library and discuss the research with a librarian. When the research has commenced, the library collects and collate information from different sources on the subject of study to inform the researcher on existing works in the area. Mosuro (2000) observes that over the years, advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have offered library and information centres more efficient ways of acquiring, organizing, storin,g and disseminating information to researchers. The purpose of this study is to examine 1 “The Role and Responsibility of the Library in Consolidating Research in Nigerian Private Universities: A Case Study of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State,” Dr Anthonia Nwabueze, Isaac Echezonam Anyira, Oghenetega Ivwighreghweta, Oghenovo Kelvin Onoriode. Library Philosophy and Practice 2010 (August) the impact of research on community development; the impact of the library on research work; the impact of research on universities' recognition and ranking; and the impact of library ICT on research. Literature Review Research and Community Development According to Reitz (2005), research is "a systematic, painstaking investigation of a topic, or in a field of study, often employing technique of hypothesis and experimentation, undertaken by a person intent on revealing new facts, theories, or principles, or determining the current state of knowledge of the subject." The results are usually reported in a journal, conference proceedings, or a monograph. Universities undertake research for several reasons. For instance, The Association of African Universities (1999) states that without research, universities will lose the capacity to offer first class graduate studies, and to motivate and retain the best brains, and consequently lose the capacity to train the new generation of research fellows and scientists. University research is a powerful stimulus for economic growth and community development. Martin and Trudeau (1998) report that university research sustained five billion dollars in GDP and created 81,000 new jobs in one year. This was almost one percent of Canada's GDP in 1994-1995 and more than 0.5 percent of all jobs. Furthermore, Okonofua (2008) posits that university research is the opportunity to generate ideas and innovation and to fundamentally alter economic prosperity of nations and the quality of life of the citizens. Also, the influx of inquisitive minds produced by universities helps industries introduce new products (Okonofua, 2008). Apart from the economic impact of university research, research is also an index for ranking universities. Okebukola (2004) stresses that the research output from universities is an important index for ranking universities internationally. According to the Centre for World Class Universities (2008), universities are ranked by several indicators of academic and research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel prizes and field medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, articles indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution. Role of Library Services in Research Reitz (2005) identified library services to research to include: Instructional programs for researchers Current awareness services Delivering traditional library services outside the physical walls of the library Anyira (2008) enumerated the services rendered to researchers to include lending library materials for a long period; providing specialized reference services; organizing introductory and orientation sessions for new researchers; and providing a secure and pleasant reading and researching environment. Nwalo (2003) describes services to researchers to include answering reference queries, user education, compilation of reading lists and bibliographies, indexing and abstracting, interlibrary loan, and current awareness services. Research Resources in the Library According to Reitz (2005), research resources are a comprehensive collection of materials in a specified field of interest selected to meet the information needs of serious researchers. These include books, journals, newspapers, reference works, music scores, microforms, maps, etc. They also include theses and dissertations, bibliographic databases, Internet sources, etc. In addition, Vickery (1995) identified library research resources to include textbooks, annuals, serials, electronic and non-print media. 2 “The Role and Responsibility of the Library in Consolidating Research in Nigerian Private Universities: A Case Study of Western Delta University, Oghara, Delta State,” Dr Anthonia Nwabueze, Isaac Echezonam Anyira, Oghenetega Ivwighreghweta, Oghenovo Kelvin Onoriode. Library Philosophy and Practice 2010 (August) Ifidon (2006) classifies research resources as monographic and multi-volume books, general and subject-based encyclopedias, and general and subject-based dictionaries. Others are almanacs, directories, handbooks, general factbooks, textbooks, bibliographies, biographies, abstracts and indexes, documents, reports, microforms, and vertical files (Ifidon, 2006). Wild (2007) classifies research resources into primary, secondary, and tertiary resources. According to him, traditional research work is first published in journal articles (primary), and then found in secondary tools that organize the primary literature. Hopkins (2007) highlights sources of research information to include personal papers, letters, diaries and journals, photograph and paintings, maps, sketchers, advertisements, posters, banners, memoirs, news footage, newspaper articles, speeches, oral histories, minutes of meetings, material artefacts, computer software, e-mail archives, web documents, etc. They also include autobiographies, correspondence, literary works, interviews, personal narratives, political analysis, review of law and legislation, abstracts, chronologies, guidebooks and manuals, population registers, etc. Role of ICT in Facilitating Research in the Library Okonofua (2008) states that investment in a good Internet and ICT system is a major resource needed for all Nigerian universities and their libraries. He further notes that much research information and innovation can now be obtained from the Internet. Without the Internet and other ICTs, Nigerian universities and their libraries will be cut off from the global exchange of knowledge (Okonofua, 2008) Indeed, virtual libraries are now a major component of services provided by universities in western countries. There are open access resources available to researchers via their library Internet infrastructure (Bako, 2005). In Nigeria, more and more researchers are benefitting from their library's ICT infrastructure.
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